Due to a mess-up at a competitor, I've just ended up with a DS3R instead of my replacement DS3- they've agreed to let me keep the board after I complained, which is nice 
But, I'd originally ordered the DS3 as I'm reinstall-phobic, I wanted to just drop the new board in. My brother reckons I should be able to do a windows repair install rather than a totally new install, and that should preserve all of my current info, settings etc. It's the settings that get me... Data's easy, I have the whole thing mirrored on another drive anyway. The only thing that might make it more complex is that a lot of the guides assume you're upgrading, and can run the PC currently- I can't, it's as dead as a doornail, the mobo actually caught fire 
So... Any suggestions? Mainly, will it work?
But, I'd originally ordered the DS3 as I'm reinstall-phobic, I wanted to just drop the new board in. My brother reckons I should be able to do a windows repair install rather than a totally new install, and that should preserve all of my current info, settings etc. It's the settings that get me... Data's easy, I have the whole thing mirrored on another drive anyway. The only thing that might make it more complex is that a lot of the guides assume you're upgrading, and can run the PC currently- I can't, it's as dead as a doornail, the mobo actually caught fire So... Any suggestions? Mainly, will it work?
